Museum
Archäologisches Museum Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Museum in Frankfurt am Main. 5 people in the register connected with it.
The Cypriot collection
2 sculptures, 17 ceramics (Final Cypriot to Cypro-Hellenistic?, given as 'FC-CH'), 4 terracotta lamps, 1 metal object, 3 stone vessels (2012)
History
- 1883Cypriot pieces entered from the Slg. Milani, earlier from Cesnola's collection ('davor Col. Cesnola'); Recke says Carl Anton Milani bought several limestone heads and terracottas, now the core of the Frankfurt Cypriot collection.
- 1892Acquisition from the Slg. Ehinger.
- 1907Acquisition from the Slg. Bourguignon.
- 1948Acquisition from the Slg. Howell-Wills.
- 1968Candelabrum from Cerveteri received from KH Frankfurt (Kunsthandel); listed in the Frankfurt provenance line, not a Cypriot piece.
People
5 peopleStaff and members · 3
- Carl Anton Milaniseller (from 1883) · source collection (Slg. Milani) of part of the Cypriot holdingsRecke 20121883
- Ehingerseller (from 1892) · source of an acquisitionRecke 20121892
- Stephensonother · source collection ('Slg. Stephenson') of Cypriot pieces acquired by the museumRecke 2012
Sellers and consignors · 2
- Bourguignonseller (from 1907)Recke 20121907
- Howell-Willsseller (from 1948)Recke 20121948
Sources
- 1.Matthias Recke (2012). “Deutschland und das antike Zypern. Beiträge zur Geschichte einer archäologischen Disziplin”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 42.